<p>A Cabinet sub-committee will soon decide on the quantum of support price for copra, Agriculture Marketing and Horticulture Minister Shamanur Shivashankarappa informed the Legislative Assembly on Friday.<br /></p>.<p>Replying to a discussion raised by Leader of the Opposition H D Kumaraswamy and others on the distress faced by coconut growers due to drought, Shivashankarappa said procuring centres will be opened across the State from June 17.<br /> Nodal agency<br /><br />The National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) will act as the nodal agency to undertake price support operation, he said.<br /><br />The government in 2012-13 had fixed the maximum support price for copra at Rs 700 per quintal for copra sold at market price of Rs 5,350 per quintal. <br /><br />Earlier, members cutting across party lines, said drought and disease had destroyed large tracts of coconut plantation in the State.</p>
<p>A Cabinet sub-committee will soon decide on the quantum of support price for copra, Agriculture Marketing and Horticulture Minister Shamanur Shivashankarappa informed the Legislative Assembly on Friday.<br /></p>.<p>Replying to a discussion raised by Leader of the Opposition H D Kumaraswamy and others on the distress faced by coconut growers due to drought, Shivashankarappa said procuring centres will be opened across the State from June 17.<br /> Nodal agency<br /><br />The National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (Nafed) will act as the nodal agency to undertake price support operation, he said.<br /><br />The government in 2012-13 had fixed the maximum support price for copra at Rs 700 per quintal for copra sold at market price of Rs 5,350 per quintal. <br /><br />Earlier, members cutting across party lines, said drought and disease had destroyed large tracts of coconut plantation in the State.</p>
